Truck crash at Dublin Airport - 22nd December

Atlantic Dawn

This seems very odd, a 40 ft articulated truck appears to have started to make contact with cars within the arrivals area of Terminal 1, it then progresses to the area outside Mc Donalds and hits more cars on the way, this is a distance of over 500 metres through roads which are heavily bordered on each side and would require full skill level to drive through for any driver. The explanation of a medical emergency just doesn't hold up at all, also what was an articulated truck doing at the arrivals area to start with, to even navigate within that area in error requires a high level of skill.

Route taken, have a look at it on Street View to see required skill for 40ft truck, it's not like it would naturally follow this route...

Initial contact points at T1 arrivals

Finish point beyond Mc Donalds over 500 metres away...

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/53.4282381,-6.2422065/53.4286709,-6.2360134/@53.4288247,-6.241415,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!4m1!3e0

Atlantic Dawn

Video

https://twitter.com/dubslife1/status/1473782972721598465

https://twitter.com/dubslife1/status/1473782972721598465

Probably hypoglycemia. A deliberate act seems unlikely seeing how there are plenty of streets packed with shoppers to choose from

Jmfb92

Its been a few days since it happened and there is still no confirmation of what actually happened.

If it was a medical emergency i assume there would of been mention of the truck driver being brought to hospital for treatment.

Hopefully it was an accident but what else are people supposed to think when theres no information available

knucklehead6

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118377543#Comment_118377543

What are people supposed to think?? I'd hope that they think for themselves.

Personally I'm thinking "thankfully no one appears to have been seriously hurt, and hopefully the driver of the truck is recovering from what ever happened to him, and what it was is none of my business"

Jmfb92

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118377564#Comment_118377564

Your saying a whole load of nothing there. If it was a genuine accident hopefully everyone recovers soon, but if it wasnt an accident.... Well you dont need to worry about that your to busy 'thinking for yourself'.

knucklehead6

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118377779#Comment_118377779

Yep, you should try it sometime.

Atlantic Dawn

Has it been established yet what a 40 ft articulated truck was doing at the arrivals area to start with?

elperello

https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/eyewitness-dublin-airport-truck-crash-25775705

Irish Mirror report from 23/12.

Sources told the Irish Mirror that the incident was the result of the truck driver suffering a diabetic episode.

It is understood the man was in a confused state when reached by gardai and was unable to tell them what had happened or how he had reached the spot outside the airport.

Jmfb92

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118377832#Comment_118377832

Genuinely asking a question here, why am i not thinking for myself? Explain it to me so i can be normal just like you

martingriff

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118378216#Comment_118378216

It's just wording on a newspaper nothing is suspicious. Maybe official report is running slow due to the holidays or Covid. Not everything has something underneath

NSAman

Is‘nt it a security breach that a truck that size could actually get to the airport?

jmreire

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118364524#Comment_118364524

According to the Irish Mirror Sources, it was caused by the driver having a diabetic episode. From the description, that fits the bill 100%. But given the times we live in, I could understand people jumping to the wrong conclusions.

monkeybutter

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118378287#Comment_118378287

What exactly would you do to stop one

martingriff

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118378299#Comment_118378299

People want everything now sometimes due to circumstances it can not happen and people dream up every type of scenario. Maybe due normally if this happens it is a security issue they are dotting every I first or due to it not been a security issue and its Christmas things are not running as quick

TooTired123

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118378234#Comment_118378234

There was an incident. A man driving a lorry became ill and lost control of the lorry. Some property was damaged but no one was killed or even injured thank God.It wasn’t really a newsworthy story at all.

If the Gardai have to issue a statement explaining in minute detail every single time there is an incident where one car hits another somewhere in Ireland then it would soon get very tedious for all concerned.

You wouldn’t even know this had happened at all if the media hadn’t decided to run with it. They ran with it because there is a certain section of Irish society becoming increasingly frustrated at the lack of dramatic terrorist attacks in Ireland and they know that these people want these accidents to be deliberate.

John_Rambo

I heard a WhatsApp voice message from a taxi driver who witnessed it, hilarious stuff, "the truck driver done a terrorist attack, dozens dead, drover over loads of people..."

elperello

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118378599#Comment_118378599

The link I posted above from the Mirror quotes an eye witness who thought it was a terrorist attack at first.

Sign of the times I suppose.

silver2020

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118378287#Comment_118378287

Have a look in the cargo area (next to the passenger area).

Dozens of large trucks every day.

This was a case of a driver falling ill. Nothing more than that.

It's of little interest, hence very little news reports.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118377845#Comment_118377845

Yes it has.

BorneTobyWilde

How does a diabetic episode cause one to drive to an airport and run down as many cars as possible, genuine question.

Esel

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118378866#Comment_118378866

Jebus. He didn't drive to the airport after becoming ill...

John Doe1

Maybe put this in the conspiracy forum?

mondeoman72

When someone goes hypo, (hypoglaecemic), it affects the reasoning and thinking. It is quite probable the driver was out doing his business, took a hypo and then ended up with what we see. It is not a common driver ailment, and diabetics need to be medically cleared to drive. Diabetics are supposed to eat regularly and not skip meals. Also they are supposed to test their blood while driving every so many hours.

Here is a video of a diabetic driver having a hypo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcXV505MyFw

It truly is scary and as a diabetic, I am only to aware of this scenario.

JP Liz V1

I hope everyone is OK, I think diabetics need to declare for insurance and licencing

jmreire

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118379122#Comment_118379122

They do declare it.

Ash.J.Williams

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118378866#Comment_118378866

You fall into a temporary coma

I feel like an eegit even replying to that

jmreire

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118378866#Comment_118378866

He didn't have a Diabetic episode ( Hypo) and then drive all the way to the airport from where ever, and damage all those cars....after the Hypo, he became disoriented and its from that point onwards, the damage was caused. A matter of seconds, I've seen it happen sometimes the Diabetic can feel it coming on, and has time to react,,,,eat or drink something with lots of sugar in it, and make a very quick recovery. The vehicles he struck were haphazard....if he ( or anyone else) wanted to cause serious damage and injuries, in a 40 ' artic, he / she would be capable of literally wrecking that part of the airport.

tdf7187

Obviously a few posters here hate the fact that it wasn't a terrorist attack.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118379185#Comment_118379185

Well clearly the OP wanted some other more interesting reason

'The explanation of a medical emergency just doesn't hold up at all, '

🙄

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118379185#Comment_118379185

They're probably unvaccinated too.

jmreire

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118379120#Comment_118379120

Yes it is scary, but surprisingly enough, considering the Nr of diabetic drivers there are, accidents caused by hypos are very rare. So after a medical examination, they are readily licensed and insured. Management is all important, as you mentioned, Regular meals are essential, with special attention paid to the insulin injections, matching the amount of insulin injected to the food consumed. Good Luck you in your handling of your diabetes.

mondeoman72

Sadly, diabetes is the next epidemic. It has already started. Walking through work one day, I saw a guy fitting and head butting the floor. Only diagnosed that morning. I am kinda lucky as I can feel a low coming on so, touch wood, I am ok. I am certified and it is on my licence. I am insured with 4 different companies and once it is notified to the RSA and on my licence, it is fine.

Wishbone Ash

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118378287#Comment_118378287

2 points:

1. Articulated trucks make hundreds of visits to the airport every day. How do you think cargo and aviation fuel get there?
2. I'm not sure what you mean by 'that size'? Articulated buses, which frequent the airport 24/7 are considerably longer than an articulated truck.

BorneTobyWilde

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118379170#Comment_118379170

But it's some distance, why not just brake and stop before he traveled all the way to the air port 😆

martingriff

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118379302#Comment_118379302

Ah you were trying to do a poor troll and did not go well. Put it down to the spirits

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118379302#Comment_118379302

I wonder what proportion of posts on boards.ie are due to hypoglycaemia?

Esel

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118379647#Comment_118379647

Hypocopon more like...

NSAman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118379290#Comment_118379290

But not to the arrivals/set down area of an airport?

jmreire

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118379302#Comment_118379302

Toby, most Diabetics are so familiar with being a diabetic, that they can feel it coming on and react in time, the will always carry lucozade or other high sugar content sweets etc. they are the lucky ones. Others, like the driver in the Airport, not so lucky. Sometimes it can hit so fast that you wont have time to react. And some wake up in hospital, without having a clue on how they got there. There was ( and still is ) a drive to reduce sugar content across the board...in Lucozade, it was reduced by a large %, and diabetics got caught out with it...less sugar, less effective during a Hypo.

Still stihl waters 3

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118379949#Comment_118379949

Yes you're right, but what's your point

jmreire

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118379647#Comment_118379647

I'd say its more the opposite, there's lots of them on here who don't have a clue about either Diabetes, Hypo's or what kind of HGV's are driving in and out of Dublin Airport.

NSAman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118380080#Comment_118380080

It’s pretty standard in most airports that trucks are not allowed in that area, surely airport police should have been alerted to this by cameras? There is only one road into terminal 1 under terminal 2…

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118380313#Comment_118380313

Why do you think they were not alerted?

There was airport police, gardai and dfb at the scene....

NSAman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118380331#Comment_118380331

no offence to anyone, but a truck should not have been there.. In most airports a truck in that area would be seen as a security breech.

martingriff

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118380350#Comment_118380350

Well maybe he went there as he was feeling he needed to stop and that was the easiest spot. Maybe thought it was under control and went to leave and then suffered the attack. Regardless if he was meant to be there or not these was no more then an accident due to a health issue that happened . Why are people trying to make more of it then it is. If it was an attack we would certainly have heard by now by a leak or a concerned citizen or more then like by the gardai themselves

jmreire

If that was a planned terrorist ( or other ) attack, the death and destruction would have been horrendous. A loaded ( or unloaded ) 40' trailer pulled by a large HGV Tractor unit, would be basically unstoppable until it met a large concrete or metal barrier. Cars etc it would just push out of its way. Plus if it was a terrorist attack, they would have attacked some place where crowds were gathered. No, it was an unfortunate accident caused by a medical condition.

tdf7187

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118379219#Comment_118379219

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118379219#Comment_118379219

Wha'?

Burt Renaults

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118379185#Comment_118379185

Most normal people are just relieved that (a) it wasn't a deliberate act, and (b) nobody was killed. It's clear that some on here are devastated.

Strumms

Would a diabetic person qualify to hold a HGV license ? Seems odd to me that…considering the possible array of symptoms and effects of the disease.

from the RSA site …”it is your responsibility as a driver to take any prescribed medication and manage your condition(s)

Note:You are committing an offence if you carry on driving after you become aware that you are not fit to do so. ‘Awareness’ can be your own awareness – things you notice yourself without being diagnosed by a doctor, e.g. dizziness, fainting etc. Awareness can also be a warning not to drive from your doctor.

https://www.diabetes.ie/living-with-diabetes/living-with-type-2/driving-type-2-diabetes/

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118380350#Comment_118380350

What? You do know there are trucks in the airport everyday?

this particular truck drove in on the public road. What do you think should have happened?